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Peculator verconis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutomitridae
Genus:	Peculator
Species:	P. verconis
Binomial name
Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924

Peculator verconis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutomitridae.

Description

The size of the shell attains 12 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Victoria.

References

1. Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

• Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1–190
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Bouchet P. & Kantor Y. 2004. New Caledonia: the major centre of biodiversity for volutomitrid molluscs (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Volutomitridae). Systematics and Biodiversity 1(4): 467–502

External links

• Beechey, D. 2003. Peculator verconis Iredale, 1924
• "Peculator verconis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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